Garment.



F. O. BRYAN.

GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, l91e- Patented; July 6, 1915.

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ntal sectional view looking the crotch-piece in as shown at '4' and suitable fastening devices lit) 8 therefor. The front opening. 7 terminates at the neck opening 9 having a neckband 12. Short sleeves are shown at 10,,these being secured to .the front and back of the garment by suitable sewing. As will be seen, the garment is of the closed-crotch type and provision is therefore madie for supplying elasticity over the shoulders. For this purpose,triangular inserts 11- are provided, each extending over one of the shoulders, these being made of knit fabric and having the ribs thereof extend'ng in a direction transverse to the ribs of the front and back of the garment so that, these inserts are elastic in the direction in which the front and back of the garment are relatively inelastic. The inserts 11 are of triangular form as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Two of the sides of each insert 11 are secured one to the front and the other to the back of the garment by suitable sewing and the third side of the triangular insert is secured to the end of the sleeve 10. The apex of this triangular insert opposite the side which is secured to the sleeve 10 lies adjacent to the neck opeining"9, it being preferably secured to the "band 12 which extends around the neck opening. These triangular inserts provided upor the shoulders of the garment and so arranged as to be elastic in the direction in which the front and back of the garment are relatively inelastic enable the garment to give over the shoulders as the wearer leans forward. The provi ion of the degree of elasticity oyer the shoulders afforded by these triangular inserts which are of substantial width adjacent to the armholes is specially desirable in a garment of the closed-crotch type which but for such provision would be apt to bind as the wearer moves. This form of insert is also effective in holding the sleeve in proper position and serves to relieve the drawing from under the arm.

The crotch-piece is shown separated from the garment in Fig. 3. As will be seen from that figure, its front edge 13 is substan* tially at right angles to its lateral edgesld and 15, This piece is bifurcated from its rear edge lengthwise to a point 16 adjacent to the front edge 13, thus providin portions insane? 17 and 18 on opposite sides of the bifurcation. The crotch-piece so formed is secured to the front and back of the garment extending from front to rear of the garmentin the manner indicated in l igs. l and 2.

securing the crotch-piece to'the bacln of the garment, the two portions 17 and 18 thereof are laid one over the other. The .yedge 14: of the crotch-piece is then secured to one of the edges of the opening in the back along the line 20 of Fig. 2. The opposite lateral edge 15 of the crotch-piece is secured to the other edge of the opening in the back along the line 21 of Fig. 2. The upper,.overlapping ends of the portions 17 and 18 are secured together and to the back 6 of the garment down to the point 22 of Fig. 2. From this point down, the inner edge of the por-- tion. 17 is detached from the underlying portion. 18 of the crotchpiece except as it may be held by detachable fastening devices which are provided for retaining the pertions 17 and 18 in their normal overlapping conditions. These detachable securing de-' vices preferably consist of two buttons 23 which are secured to the underlying flap 18 of the crotch-piece, o e at the inneredg'e of the flap and engagin a corresponding but ton-hole in thebody. of the garment or in the flap 1'? adjacent the seam line (see Fig. 2) to prevent discomforting wrinkling doubling over of the flap when in use, and the other in position to be engaged by a button-hole 24 at the outer edge of the overly ing flap 17 to fasten that flap in position.

The construction of the crotch-piece herein shown and described provides means. for readily opening and closing the back opening of the garment and the construction is such that the garment may be readily manufactu'red at relatively low cost. Further-.

more, this construction of the crotch-piece and the manner in which it is secured to the front. and back of the garment make the Mill latter of such shape'that it conforms readily to the figure of the, wearer. so as to provide the requisite fullness at the desired points and close the crotch Without 'undesirable folds or double thicknesses of material. What I claim is: l l. A union undergarment having a front,

a back having a lengthwise openingtheref in, a crotch-piece, the front edge of which is substantially at right angles to its sid edges, and means securing the front edge of the side edges thereof to the edges, of said lengthwise opening in-the back, said piece being bifurcated from its rear edge a substantial distance toward its front edge and being secured to the back of the garment with the portions on opposite sides of the bifurcation overlapping each other; snbstantially as described.

3. A union'undergarment consisting of a shirt and drawersintegral with the shirt and of the closed-crotch type said garment being formed of knit fabric" the ribs 10f which extend verticallyand having a the arnrholes and two triangular inserts at the shoulders of the garment each secured opening and arm-holes, sleeves secured in along two of its sides to the front and=back of the garment and along the third side to a sleeve, said inserts having the ribs theredf extending substantially transverse to. the ribs of the front and back of thejgarment; substantially as described. I

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. I

' Witnesses I ABRAM G. SENIOR, M. R. JONES,

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